Well we have finally started travelling again, and our first trip is to Sri Lanka.

Three reasons for returning to Sri Lanka.

1. To visit Neil’s elderly auntie who sadly passed away just before we arrived. On the positive side, it meant we could catch up with the other two aunties who came over from Canada.

2. To visit a school run by a charity we support – the Tea Leaf Trust who teach young adults from the tea picking community helping them to lift their families out of poverty. We are headed there in two weeks time.

3. Sri Lanka is having a really hard time with the current economic situation and tourism is down due to this and after effects of Covid. This country relies heavily on tourism for revenue, in 2019 it made up 12% of GDP. Coming here and spending our foreign exchange helps in a small way, but if lots of people come it will make a big difference. Every dollar you spend on a tuk tuk ride, a meal, accommodation and shopping helps ordinary people.

We have started a YouTube channel and will be posting videos regularly as we move around the country. We hope our travels will inspire others to come here and see what a beautiful country it really is.

Subscribe to our channel and follow us as we move around Sri Lanka.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCRDvk5YJhSmJkGgfPi8QDmw